Help!!

[SUSAN P SWEARINGEN]

David,

I did the repair as you described below and it seems to have worked
perfectly.  The action is back in the customer's piano and is working
beautifully.  Thanks for the advice.  For the other's out there that
recommended welding, I'm sure that would work fine but in this particular
case, with a nice clean break, the steel-fileld epoxy worked like a charm!

Thanks again,
Corte Swearingen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vanderhoofven" <dkvander@joplin.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: re: Help!!


> Hi Corte,
>
> I had the same problem once before.  Use JB Weld on the broken piece.  Be
> careful to align it exactly like it was before it broke.  JB Weld takes
> about 4 hours before it is hard to the touch, and 24 hours for full
> cure.  Lots of time to align the parts.  When the JB Weld is cured, you
may
> want to reinforce the bracket with a narrow piece of metal on each side of
> the bracket, held in place with JB Weld.  JB Weld can be shaped with a
> dremel or a file.  You may want to paint it if you want to disguise the
repair.
>
> I was lucky, my break was on the lower part of the bracket, so the repair
> was not obvious.  I have seen the piano twice since then and the repair is
> holding fine after about 3 years.
>
> Any steel filled epoxy will work, but I am comfortable using JB Weld.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> SIncerely,
>
> David A. Vanderhoofven
> Joplin, MO
>
> At 12:37 PM 2/6/03, you wrote:
>  >The top action bracket (the one at the extreme treble) has completely
> cracked off.
>
>  >What are my options here?
>
>  >Thanks,
>  >Corte Swearingen
>
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